Warm Welcomes Foster Care Outreach

Name of Non-Profit Organization *	Warm Welcomes Foster Care Outreach
Today’s Date: *	Sunday, August 11, 2019
Organization’s website	http://www.warmwelcomes.org
EIN / 501(C)(3)Number *	46-4075328
What year did your organization receive it’s non-profit status? *	2012
Address *	6230 Centre Park Dr. Suite D West Chester, Ohio 45069 United States
County *	Butler County
Your Name *	Krista Lorenz
Your Title *	Director
Your email address *	krista@warmwelcomes.org
Your Phone Number	(513) 526-3980
Executive Director’s Name *	Krista Lorenz
Executive Director’s email address *	krista@warmwelcomes.org
What is the mission of your organization?
Warm Welcomes Foster Care Outreach’s mission is to partner with community members of all ages to encourage, empower, and enrich the lives of youth in foster care. Warm Welcomes Foster Care Outreach is a volunteer organization which directly impacts children in foster care and their families by offering necessity items as well as enrichment opportunities to help children become more fully integrated into their communities. Warm Welcomes Foster Care Outreach seeks to promote a lasting sense of self-worth and healing for youth in foster care. We also provide community member involvement, promote volunteerism, provide service and empowerment opportunities for children in foster care to use their own talents within the community, as well as, raise awareness to address the critical issue of foster care in Southwest Ohio.
Which social causes (up to 3 choices) does your agency address through its programming? *	(3) Children
Any comments about your selections you would like to share with the student philanthropists?
Warm Welcomes Foster Care Outreach was started in 2013 by Krista and Howard Lorenz and their five young children after having their eyes and hearts forever opened to the needs of children in foster care during their time as a foster family. Scripture is clear about the call to serve, protect, and WELCOME children, especially, those most vulnerable. LUKE 9:48 (NIV) THEN HE SAID TO THEM, “WHOEVER WELCOMES THIS LITTLE CHILD IN MY NAME WELCOMES ME; AND WHOEVER WELCOMES ME WELCOMES THE ONE WHO SENT ME. FOR IT IS THE ONE WHO IS LEAST AMONG YOU ALL WHO IS THE GREATEST.” Each child, family, adult, business, and small group can answer that call in simple, tangible, and lasting ways. Warm Welcomes FCO, was built out of the need to raise individual awareness of the estimated 399,546 children in foster care in the US (as of 9/2012) and to develop connections between children and their communities, schools, and churches. It is the hope that simple signs of support, encouragement, and being loved and valued by those around you, will help build children up in a positive way that has brought us to this very moment. WWFCO currently serves foster children ages 0-18 from local agencies in Butler, Hamilton, and Warren Counties of Ohio.
Does your organization have volunteer opportunities available for students? *	Yes, Grades 6 – 12
List possible volunteer opportunities -or- a link to where they can be found on the web.	We schedule groups of 10-12 people to assemble Welcome Bags with new comfort and necessity items for local children entering foster care in 6 neighboring counties. We also need volunteers to make no-sew blankets off site, or help sort and organize donations at our office.
Volunteer coordinator	Krista Lorenz
Volunteer coordinator’s email address	krista@warmwelcomes.org
Volunteer coordinator’s phone number	(513) 526-3980

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